RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University's volleyball team will enter its final two matches of the regular season with a chance to win the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season championship as the Colonels host Central Arkansas on Thursday and North Alabama on Friday.
 
Both contests will start at 6 p.m. ET and air live on ESPN+.
 
For these final two matches, the Colonels will return to Baptist Health Arena for the first time since the 2023 season.  The team has played in the Olympic Sports Training Center during the renovation of Baptist Health Arena.
 
Food Truck Thursday at the match will feature a trucker hat and rally towel giveaway.  Friday will be Senior Night.
 
THE COLONELS
-  EKU (19-7, 11-3 ASUN) has won six straight matches and is tied with Jacksonville atop the conference standings.
 
-  The Colonels need one more win to reach 20 for the season.  It would mark the first time EKU has won 20 matches in three straight seasons since 2003, 2004 and 2005.
 
-  During their 6-match winning streak, the Colonels have a .308 team attack percentage and four players posted an attack percentage above .300.  In a pair of 3-0 wins over Bellarmine and Stetson this past weekend, EKU hit .346 and held its two opponents to a .106 attack percentage.
 
-  EKU leads the ASUN Conference in hitting percentage (.262), assists (12.97/set) and opponent hitting percentage (.192).
 
-  Addison Burke leads the league with 0.42 aces per set, is fifth with 3.25 kills per set and fifth with 3.84 points per set.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
-  Central Arkansas is 13-11 on the season and carries a 10-4 ASUN record.  The Sugar Bears saw a 3-match winning streak, that included a victory over first-place Jacksonville, come to an end with a 3-2 road loss to Lipscomb on Saturday.
 
-  Laci Bohannan, a junior outside hitter, leads the team with 3.39 kills per set.  Sophomore Karlyn Frazier (1.30) and redshirt freshman McKinzee Haas (1.11) both average more than 1.00 blocks per set.  As a team, UCA leads the conference in blocks with 2.34 per set. 
 
-  North Alabama is 13-14 overall and 7-7 in the ASUN.  The Lions snapped a 3-match losing skid with a 3-2 victory at Austin Peay on Saturday.  
 
-  Kendall Barnes, a junior outside hitter who transferred from Ball State, leads the team with 3.91 kills per set.  Sophomore outside Reese Ricketts, the 2024 ASUN Freshman of the Year, is contributing 3.20 kills per set. 
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  EKU leads the all-time series with North Alabama 5-3.  The Colonels overcame a 2-0 deficit to pick up a 3-2 win earlier this season in Florence. 
 
-  The Colonels are 5-3 all-time against Central Arkansas.  EKU snapped a 2-match losing streak to the Sugar Bears with a 3-0 victory in Conway earlier this season.